HIST115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, Vindolanda, Triarii
24 Feb 2016
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Lecture 5 engineering under roman empire: first vending machine, fire engine what has become a steam engine, automatic doors, light sensors, high pressure atomizer (spray) ladies would use it for spraying perfume. Romans changed the world and the way we do things: army structure, forts, communications networks, roads, development of modern city-rome, science and natural philosophy in rome. Roman kingdom 753-510bc ended when tarquinius superbus was exiled in. Roman republic 5510bc-44bc ended when julius caesar came to power in. Roman empire 44bc-1453 ad ended when constantinopole was taken in. Polybius, greek, 140bc, the rise of the roman empire the romans succeeded in less than 53 years in bringing under their rule almost the whole of the inhabited world, an achievement which is without parallel in human history. Roman 3 line system, 4 lines = 1 legio (4200) men: 1st line 1200 velities. Youngest, most lightly armed, protected from bows and arrows.
